ῥάκος [ ᾰ], εος, τό, ragged, tattered garment, δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι Od. 6.178, cf. 13.434, 14.342, 349 (never in Il. ); ἀνθ’ ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ . Ar. Pl. 540; ῥ. φορεῖ Antiph. 204.6, PPetr. 3p.115 (iii B.C.), cf. Philem. 146: freq. in pl. ῥάκεα, Att. ῥάκη, rags, tatters, Od. 14.512, 18.67, 74, 19.507,al., Hdt. 3.129, S. Ph. 39, 274; ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι Isoc. Ep. 9.10 .
2. generally, strip of cloth, ῥάκεα φοινίκεα Hdt. 7.76, cf. Ev.[Mat 9:16], Arr. Tact. 35.3: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ . A. Pr. 1023 .
3. collectively, rag, lint, Hp. Morb. 2.36; ῥάκη λινᾶ Dsc. 5.75.15 .
II in pl. also, rents in the face, wrinkles, Ar. Pl. 1065 .
III metaph., rag, remnant, εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας Anon. ap. Arist. Rh. 1413a6; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ . AP 9.242 ( Antiphil. ), cf. 7.380 ( Crin. ), Luc. Tim. 32 . - The Aeol. form βράκος (q.v.), used of a garment, lacks the sense ’ragged’.
G4470 — ῤάκος
ῤάκους, τό (ῤήγνυμι, a piece torn off; specifically, a bit of cloth; cloth: [Mat 9:16]; [Mar 2:21] (here L Tr marginal reading ῥακκος). (Homer, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides, Josephus, the Sept., others.)
ῥάκος , - ους , τό ,
[in LXX : [Isa 64:6] (5) (H899), [Jer 38:11] (H5499), [Ezr 4:17] * ;]
1. a ragged garment ( Hom .).
2. a rag, remnant, piece of cloth: [Mat 9:16], [Mar 2:21]. †